I think there was a topic like this already, but after searching through the forum I couldn't find it anymore. Maybe it's lost during the hack?
Anyway, I'd like to start this again. Basically, what medias/concepts have influences over the Silent Hill series?

I'm going to edit the list as people input to this thread

BookPhantoms by Dean Koontz
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lost World by Conan Doyle

Just one thing: carnivores are people who eat meat. =] Did you mean "cannibals," as in people who eat other humans?

And they based most of the cult's random backgrounds here and there on Aztec, or Aztec-like, things. Xuchilbara/paba, Lobsel Vith, sacrifice, Crimson Ceremony.. and um, I'm sure there's a few more but I can't really remember them right now.

before I started playing Silent Hill I downloaded the intro to SH3. It reminded me a lot of a Tool video (The earlier one's like "sober" and "prison sex"). Seeing Valtiel shake his head, I was like "That looks just like the dude walking around in the sober video." I wonder if Toolâ€™s videos were an influence? They have a lot of that artistic griminess that the silent hill games have.

I mentioned this in another thread.
I'm pretty sure I've heard/read this in an interview.
Cynthias victim form looks like the girl, what with the crawling, and the trailer has a couple of bits that remind me of the 'cursed tape' thing

What about Steve Kings book IT. A small town based on tourism that has an unspeakable evil able to manifest itself in the shape of your worst fears. The book was great until the last 50 pages- I love Tim Curry

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H. P. Lovecraft - always writing about small towns with dark secrets, and cults that worshipped old gods

Another Stephen King - "The Fog" short story, in which a heavy fog rolls into a small town, and strange creatures come out of the fog to attack people. Some of the creatures look like pteradactyls.

Yet another King - "The Regulators", in which a child in a small town starts to influence reality with his mind, cutting the town off from the rest of the world and populating it with his violent fantasies.

_________________I miss your kissin' and I miss your head
And a letter in your writing doesn't mean you're not dead
- Pixies, "Cactus"

H. P. Lovecraft - always writing about small towns with dark secrets, and cults that worshipped old gods

Another Stephen King - "The Fog" short story, in which a heavy fog rolls into a small town, and strange creatures come out of the fog to attack people. Some of the creatures look like pteradactyls.

Yet another King - "The Regulators", in which a child in a small town starts to influence reality with his mind, cutting the town off from the rest of the world and populating it with his violent fantasies.

Theres evil sharing his body--just like Alessa

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